Setting Boundaries While in Recovery 

Establishing boundaries, especially during recovery, is beneficial in many ways. Healthy boundaries promote healthy relationships, healthy communication and establish a new, or renewed sense of self and self-respect.

Non-existent or […]

Nutrition: The Missing Link in Mental Health

Where there is mental illness, there is often a poor diet. Poor nutrition can lead to and intensify mental illness. Optimal nutrition can prevent and treat mental illness.

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

Living with a mental health condition often leaves us feeling as though we are in a constant crisis. Our bodies and mind react as though […]

How to Live in the NOW

Even a person who is not already predisposed to anxiety, restlessness or being easily distracted, the world we live in now can cause anxiety, stress and restlessness in that […]

Anxiety & Relationships 

Almost all couples have their share of challenges. However, when half of a couple has an anxiety disorder, both partners face a new set of challenges, and other challenges may be exacerbated.

TRAUMA AND ADDICTION

Experiencing a trauma doesn’t guarantee that a person will develop an addiction, yet research clearly suggests that trauma is a major underlying source of addicted behaviors. Studies have linked trauma to drug […]

ADDICTION: Is It All in My Mind?

A long-held belief for many, being truly addicted requires that a person be both psychologically AND physically hooked. In other words, there must be a craving as well […]

BEING AWARE: Emotional Triggers 

Addiction or other disordered behaviors are learned responses to emotional triggers

Everyone has emotional triggers, but WHY do we all have triggers? Briefly, because as children we likely experienced pain or […]

Getting to the Root of Addiction

The journey to recovery is more than just dealing with the symptoms of the addictive behavior. Just quitting is not usually enough to keep the behavior from reoccurring.

Knowing […]